Bed



June 30, 1931. M L 1,812,298

BED

'F'iled Dec. 17. 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet l H. G. KIMBLE June 30, 1931.

BED

Filed Dec 17, l928 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR Patented June 30, 1931 PATENT OFFICE HORACE G. KIMBLE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK BED , Application filed December 17, 1928. Serial No. 326,654.

My invention relates particularly to nonfolding beds. The main object is to provide a construction embodying the usual type of spring and mattress .and yet which may be 6 so ornamental and camouflaged that it may be used in a sitting room or parlor.

Y In carrying out the invention I provide a bedstead or framework ofany suitable design or material constructed so as to accom- 10 modate more or less standard types of springs and mattresses. This bedstead is sufiiciently modified from standard practice to accommodate a special screen or cover which conceals the mattress in the day time 16 and yet which can be readily moved out of the Way at night or whenever the bed is to be used as suoh/ This screen is preferably hinged to one side of the bedstead and provided with a back portion so constructed and arranged that when the screen is raised the back is folded clear from the bed. When the screenis lowered over the bed the back comes into position to serve as aback rest.

The invention may be embodied in various 25 forms, designs and arrangements.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of one construction showing the bed disguised as a couch or the like. i v

Fig. 2. shows the screen raised and the mat- 30 tress disclosed.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing the screen in place covering the bed.

Fig. 4 is a similar sectional view showing the screen raised.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3 ofa modification and also showing in dot and dash lines the screen partly raised.

Fig. 6 is atransverse section and end elevationof a modifiedconstruction and show- 4 ing in dotand dash linesthe screen partly Fig. 7 is afragmentary longitudinal sectional view and front elevation showing another modification. I

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary transverse sectional view showing a jointed or hinged screen member. V

The framework or bedstead 10'is' suitably constructed to support 7 anyv suitable type of 50 spring'construction 11 and'any suitable type of mattress 12. The screen, cover or lid consists of the main portion 1% and the back member 15 which normally conceal the mattress and bed clothes.

The bedstead is provided with ends 16, front board or side 17, and a rear board or 1 side 18, and may have legs 19 of any suitable character which may, if desired, be deter-hable for shipping and transportation pur-' poses.

The main screen portion has side bars 20 at the ends of the bed connected at the front by a front bar 21, which extends along one side of the bed and rests upon the front board 17. The framework of the screen is hinged at 22 to the upper edge of the back portion 18 so that when the screen is raised the entire mattress is exposed.

' The back of the screen is supported at its upper end by boards 23 which are secured to the extension pieces 24. These extension pieces and boards may be removable if desired for convenience in shipping and storing and in fact the entire upper part of the ends 16 may also be removable. The back 15 consists of two boards 25 and 26 which of course may be made of any number of pieces and of any suitable material. The top board is hinged at 27 to the back board 23 and hinged at 28 to the inclined board 26. The board 26 in turn is hinged at 29 to the side bars 20 of the screen frame. The screen is provided with any suitable fabric 30 of any suitable ornamental design and material adapted to cover the mattress as well as the back, as shown, for instance, in Fig. 1. The front edge of the screen may be suitably secured by, means of a latch 31 when the screen is down. By detaching the hinges 27 the back of the screen may be folded over on top of the mattress for shipping purposes and the back boards 23 and extensions 24 knock down so as to make the construction more compact and easier to handle.

The screen may be reinforced at the rear by a cross-bar or board 32 which connects the bars 20. A counter weight 33 has a cord or chain 34 which extends over the rear edge of the board 32 and is secured at 35 to the board 32 and thus exerts a turning movement [00 counter-weight the back.

on the screen. The screen fabric 30 may be reinforced by canvas or webbing, etc., if desired. V V

Preferably the weight is so adjusted that there is normally but littleif any tendency for it to lift the screen from the position shown in Fig. 3, but when the latch of the screen is'released and the screenis' raised part way the weight becomeseff'ective to assist in lifting the screen and moving the parts into the position shown in Fig. 4 where the weight tends to hold the screen in its raised position. In this position the screen of; course leaves the mattress entirely exposed and itself constitutes a screen-at one sid-eof the bed which may be utilized either to'screen or shield't'he bed fromthelightor to shut off draught from a window ordoor. In' the construction shown'in Fig. 5 the counter-weight cord 34 passes over a pulley 36 which is'secured' to the, rear wall of the bedstead and the front end of the cord "is securedto anchorage'37 which is fixed to the back 26 of the'bedstead. E Thisconstruction is somewhat more compact and encloses the n a recess or chamber 38 at The pillows 39 maybe placed on themattress for instance opposite'ends of the bed when the screen isclosed down and the space between may be filled in by extra bed clothes or pillows inserted 'for instance in a pocket 40 which may be secured to the screen covering 30. Such a pocket be of any suit-' able'construction or si z e'de'sign'ed to hang or otherwise support blankets and so forth in any suitable Ina-nner. This-pocket, would be open oreasilyfopened and when the screen" is raised.

- board 42 at 4:5.- The e'nds t'ti are ap-p.roxi.

' recess 48,. v

' The construction shown in Fig. Gis more of the type comnionly 'termed'a divan and'a scre'en frame 41 is proyided with a back 4l2, which is secured to its rear edge which is hinged at 43. 'In this case thelcounter weight 44' is hung directly from the b-ack "of this;

mately the same height as'the backboard The cover fabric 47 extends over the rear edge'of thebed and In'some cases it may be desired to hinge the screen frame so that it will takeup less vei r tical" height, for instance, "the end "bars may have extensions 21 hingedto them at2la, as. Shownin Fig. 8." v

Other arrangements andchanges in; con;

- struction may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit and scope of my invention."

-Fo'r instance, a spring orsprings j be used in place of the counter-wei'ghts'to' aid in raisingthe screen. So also a catch maybe used to hold'the. screen 'm its raised, if desired; U 'f Wh he. c ee is isedxt e bed s. 1. .1 t nfly ready qrj se- Whs he beds-made coyersthe counter-weight -1-.- A combination beda'nd seat having a fixed supportfor a mattress, a screen arranged to extendover'said bed providing a seat and mounted adjacent a longitudinal edge portion of said support to be swimg to an upstanding position exposing said bed, a r

stationary back near the edge of said support adjacent which said screen is mounted and ex'tending above the screen in its'lowered position, a movable back "pivotally attached to said screen "and'stationary back" and'm'ovable upwardlya'n'd toward said stationary back when the screen is raised, said movable back extending warmithe'rarlOngitu: dinal edge portion of-sa'id bed to constitute a back rest for the seat and make the seat of 2 A" combination bed and seat a fixed support fora mattress, a screen arranged'to extend over saidbed providing a seat and 1nounted'adjacent the longitudinal edge portion 6f; said support "to be swung to, an upstanding position exposing said bed,

said screen comprising a skeleton frame and flexible fabric forming a 'covering at the.

bed and top of the inattre ss when used as a.

seat whereby the i mattress serves as a" seat cushion.

3T A' combination bed and seat having a fixed support. for a mattress, a screen arranged toextend 'over' sai'd bed providing a way of a perso getting andout seat and mounted adjacent a longitudinal edge portion of said support to be swung to a up i g Po it on e p 'sing said be s a stationary back laterally spaced from the end of said support adjacent which said screen is 1.

mounted and'extending above th'e screeni'in its lowered p en; a m' rablebaek pivet 'lly attached to sai d. screen and stationary back nd m rab etrwar ly o, pos t on'with i'eastt qwer end o e'mora eiibatk in rear "of the'fixed mattress's'upport and toward said stationary back j when the screen is ised subs it Qli Qft Way of a p son getting in andout ofsbed, said] movable back. extending well over the rear longitudinalend portion of; said bed to constitute a back rest for the seat and make the seat'of less depth than the width, of the bed, and, said mo ab ba k; compr ing WQ'. nged portions one constituting a back rest and the other ipapzing said back rest from said stationary 4:. A combination bed and seat construc tion comprising a bedstead, a mattress sup- 5 ported within the bedstead and having its front edge projecting above the front edge of the bedstead, a screen member comprising a frame hinged to the rear of the bedstead and having a front rail adapted to extend over the front edge'of the mattress and rest on the front edge of the bedstead and flexible fabric covering said frame and movable therewith and adapted when said frame is down to form a close envelope for the top of the mattress whereby the mattress serves as a seat cushion, said frame being adapted to be swung to an upstanding position to entirely expose the mattress.

5. In a bed construction a mattress support, a frame hinged beyond the rear edge of the mattress and having a seat covering member adapted to cover the mattress when the frame is in closed position, a stationary back portion, a back rest hinged to the frame in front of the hinge of the frame and extending at its lower edge part way over the mattress when the frame is in closed position, and a jointed top connection for the back rest between and connected to said stationary back portion and said back rest and adapted to fold back when the frame is raised so as to expose the mattress, with the lower end of the back rest in rear of the mattress support and said frame when raised being out of the way of a person getting in and out of bed.

6. A combined bed and seat having a mat tress, a fixed support for said mattress, a screen arranged to extend over said mattress providing a seat adapted to be swung to an upstanding position exposing the mattress for use as a bed, a support for said screen, said screen comprising a frame and flexible fabric forming a cover for the mattress when used as a seat whereby the mat- {in tress serves as a seat cushion.

HORACE G. KIMBLE. 

